A Phase 2 interventional study of Placebo and MLC1501 in Stroke, Stroke, Ischemic and Strokes Thrombotic, sponsored by Moleac Pte Ltd.. Completed at 11 sites in 2 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-12-09.
Sponsored by Moleac Pte Ltd. · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment
This is a multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of MLC1501 in patients with stroke. Eligible participants will be randomized in a 1:1:1 ratio to orally receive MLC1501 high-dose twice a day, MLC1501 low-dose twice a day, or matching placebo for 24 weeks.
A total of 300 patients will be included with approximately 100 patients randomized to each treatment arm. Randomization will be performed centrally and stratified according to the following factors at the time of randomization: country, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) (8 to 12, 13 to 18) and received either intravenous or endovascular thrombolysis/thrombectomy (no, yes).
Efficacy clinical assessments will include Fugl-Meyer motor Assessment (FMA), modified Rankin Scale (mRS), Patient Reported outcome Measurement Information System - Global Health (PROMIS-10) and NIHSS.
Each patient will undergo standard safety assessments including physical exam and laboratory parameters, and be observed for adverse events for the duration of the study. Electrocardiogram (ECG), hematology, clinical chemistry, coagulation, and urinalysis will be performed at specified intervals.
2,612 studies on the registry are indexed under Ischemic Stroke; 971 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 303 is above the median of 120 across 1,776 interventional studies indexed under Ischemic Stroke.
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Compared within Ischemic Stroke, this study's primary condition as ClinicalTrials.gg classifies it; the registry's first condition term is Stroke. The counts are of registry records indexed under each term, refreshed daily. How we classify →
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Exclusion Criteria:
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It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
Informed consent
Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
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Contraindication
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Investigational drug or device
A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.
It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.
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Childbearing potential
Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).
Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.
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Contraception
Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.
Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.
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Postmenopausal
Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).
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Hypersensitivity
An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.
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500-mg placebo capsule, 4 capsules twice a day for 24 weeks
Other: Placebo
MLC1501 low-dose 500-mg capsule, 4 capsules twice a day for 24 weeks
Drug: MLC1501
MLC1501 high-dose 500-mg capsule, 4 capsules twice a day for 24 weeks
Drug: MLC1501
Caramel, chocolate brown, flavor (E\_1982648), dextrin
Powdered extract of Radix astragali, Rhizoma chuanxiong, Radix angelica sinensis, Radix polygala
Fugl-Meyer motor Assessment (FMA)
The Fugl-Meyer Assessment (FMA) is a stroke-specific, performance-based impairment index. It is designed to assess motor functioning, balance, sensation and joint functioning in patients with post-stroke hemiplegia
Time frame: 24 weeks
Adverse events
Listing and calculating the number and percentage of subjects experiencing non-serious and serious adverse events for each dose cohort
Time frame: up to 24 weeks
Fugl-Meyer motor Assessment (FMA)
Time frame: 12 and 24 weeks
modified Rankin Scale (mRS)
The Modified Rankin Score (mRS) is a 6 point disability scale with possible scores ranging from 0 (no symptoms at all) to 5 (severe disability). A separate category of 6 is usually added for patients who expire.
Time frame: 4, 12 and 24 weeks
Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System - Global Health (PROMIS-10)
The PROMIS Global-10 is a 10-item patient-reported questionnaire in which the response options are presented as 5-point (as well as a single 11-point) rating scales. The results of the questions are used to calculate two summary scores: a Global Physical Health Score and a Global Mental Health score. These scores are then standardized to the general population, using the "T-Score". The average "T-Score" for the United States population is 50 points, with a standard deviation of 10 points. Higher scores indicate a healthier patient.
Time frame: 4, 12 and 24 weeks
National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS)
The maximum possible score is 42 (severe), with the minimum score being a 0 (no symptoms)
Time frame: 12 and 24 weeks
Plan to share: Undecided — Once decided, only anonymized IPD may be shared with other collaborative stroke trials consortiums.
Ran from Jul 2023 to primary completion in Jul 2025, 23 months.
Of 41 industry-sponsored phase 2 interventional studies under Ischemic Stroke, half reached primary completion within 24 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 12 and three quarters within 35. This study's 23 months is close to that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 124 studies reached it within 28 months; a quarter within 15 and three quarters within 39.
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Studies of the drug tested here: MLC1501
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